Career

Francis was born in Birmingham. He began his football career as a trainee with Birmingham City in 1988, and turned professional with that club in 1990. He made his Football League debut on 19 January 1991, as a substitute in a 3–0 defeat to Cambridge United in the Third Division, and made two more appearances from the bench that season. He spent time on loan at League of Ireland club Cobh Ramblers, for whom he made a scoring debut at home to UCD on 6 October 1991, before returning to Birmingham to make three more substitute appearances without scoring.

On September 20, 2014, Pope Francis accepted George's resignation and appointed Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Spokane, Washington, to succeed him as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago. In this unusual circumstance, George was permitted to remain as the incumbent archbishop until Cupich was installed to succeed him on November 18, 2014. He was initially diagnosed with cancer in 2006, and died from the disease in 2015.

Early life and education

Francis George was born on January 16, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, to Francis J. and Julia R. (née McCarthy) George. He has an older sister, Margaret. He received his early education at the parochial school of St. Pascal Church in Chicago's Northwest Side.

Francis George (politician)

Francis George represents the new breed of political figures in India who have entered public service with professional backgrounds, education and varied interests. Formerly a banker, Francis graduated from Christ College in Bangalore and has been graduated in law by the Law Academy at Trivandrum.

An agriculturist, Francis represents the pro-farmer Kerala Congress (Joseph) which is a constituent of the governing Left Democratic Front in the South Indian state of Kerala.
Married to Shiny Chettisseril, Francis has three children namely K F George,K F Jose and K F Jacob. Francis maintains offices in Muvattupuzha, and Idukki.